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A new video has surfaced online showing an apparent pirate attack on a containership in the Gulf of Guinea.
The video, obtained by the British security firm ASKET, shows eight men aboard a skiff chasing a containership as the crew of the ship watches over the rails. As the camera zooms in, you can clearly see a tall ladder that … [Read more...]

Dutch marine company Boskalis has completed an impressive dual vessel float-over operation of the Aasta Hansteen topside in Norway.
Over the last several of years, Boskalis, through its subsidiary Dockwise, has played a critical role in the transportation of the Aasta Hansteen SPAR from South Korea to Norway, along with the topside installation.
With the installation, … [Read more...]

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Update: Captain’s Decisions, Shipping Company’s Poor Safety Oversight Determined as Probable Cause of EL FARO Sinking
Here is an animation produced by the National Transportation Safety Board reconstructing the sequence of events leading to the sinking of the US-flagged cargo vessel SS El Faro in the Atlantic Ocean near … [Read more...]

Check out this security camera footage showing a tanker lose control and run aground on the Cape Fear River in North Carolina on Saturday.
The video was posted to Facebook by the news site The State Port Pilot, which reported that the incident was due to a mechanical problem.
Following the incident, a reader sent us the photos below and reported that the ship was … [Read more...]

Last month, Jennifer Appel and Tasha Fuiava (and their two dogs) made national headlines after being rescued from their sailboat in the middle of the Pacific Ocean by the crew of the USS Ashland, claiming that their vessel became disabled and strayed off course five months earlier during a voyage to from Hawaii to Tahiti. But certain details of their story didn't quite add up, … [Read more...]

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Check out this video showing a tanker battling the elements off Cork, Ireland as remnants of Hurricane Ophelia hit the island as one of the strongest storms in decades.
The Port of Cork was closed to all shipping operations on Monday due to the storm, but by Tuesday it was back up and running as normal.
Ophelia … [Read more...]

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Here's an awesome video showing a pilot transfer from a cruise ship in the Cape Cod Canal.
According to the uploader...
The Cruise Ship Insignia.....in high wind and the threat of rain did NOT keep me from seeing just what the P4P can do in low light. The Pilots of the world have balls of steel to literally jump from anything … [Read more...]